Think!

The Foyer Project is a unique approach to youth homelessness that attempts to build up the capacity for successful independent living through specialized programming at scattered site and short-term supportive housing projects. It was launched in Edmonton on September 6th, 2013.

To find out more, we hear from Dr. Stephen Gaetz, Director of the Homelessness Research Network at York University, and Susan McGee, the CEO of Homeward Trust Edmonton about youth homelessness in Edmonton.

I, CJSR, take you, listener, to be my constant friend, my faithful partner and my love from this day forward. I offer you my solemn vow to be your faithful radio station in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, and in joy as well as in sorrow.

Is the institution of marriage still relevant today? Or is it an archaic dinosaur out of touch with our modern society? On this episode of Think, your host Warren Mulvey gathered a group of three CJSR radio producers who ponder the question: To wed, or not to wed.

In a world where news is increasingly dominated by a few media conglomerates and razor thin budgets, it can seem like the stories that most matter to the everyday person can go uncovered. Perhaps worse yet, the stories that do get covered are glossed over and lack substance.

Enter stage left: independent media! On this episode of Think, ‘Democracy Now!’ host and journalist Amy Goodman talks about the power independent media to create a better world.

When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the floodgates opened; a new type of international relations began to develop. Gone were the times of singularly powerful nations shaping the political conversations. Today the world is a very different place than it was just 25 years ago.

But where does Canada fit in the puzzle? Are we leaders, or followers, supporters, or interferes?

On this week’s episode of Think, Canada’s 16th Prime Minister returns back to his alma mater to advocate for a new approach to Canada’s foreign affairs.

Most of us rely on it to get through our day. We communicate through it, do research on it, shop on it, do just about everything on it. It’s so omnipresent, so interwoven into our 21st century lives that it’s easy to forget that it’s only existed for less than 30 years. And because of its novelty, many people have argued that it’s infrastructures are vulnerable to abuse – whether it be increased government surveillance, identity theft, and corporatized communications.

On this episode of Think, Dr. Michael Geist describes the grassroots rights movements that challenge the powerful interests that threaten the most intrinsic, democratic features of the world wide web.